Word: calling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dean's statement to the student body about this bill suggests that he is simply not willing to properly recognize the successful completion of four years of academic toil by 48 percent of the student body whose interests and needs he is supposed to represent. We wish to call him publicly accountable for his indefensible behavior and decision not to endorse equal Harvard College recognition for female undergraduate diplomas...
What do umpires talk about? Scenarios mostly. If a ball is hit deep to center and the outfielder throws his glove up at the ball, and he hits it and knocks it down in the field of play, what's the call? Or how about this one: a batted ball hits a fielder and then hits a runner, who then walks off the field but is never tagged. Is she out or safe...
Mostly, umpires stick to their own kinds, finding safety in numbers and teaching their young. At first, I would whisper calls under my breath, not realizing that I really had to yell in order to be heard. Gradually I learned by example that I had to be loud to be effective, not only vocally but also physically, contorting my body violently in order to sell each call. As one of my old coaches and fellow umpires would constantly remind me, the closer the call, the louder I had to yell, and the more authoritatively I had to gesture with...
...also learned not to confuse the drama of a close call with any sense of urgency. Too often, a young umpire will try to make a call before a play has developed, assuming a sequence of action that eventually fails to unfold. The runner may beat the throw, but will he touch the base? The fielder may coax the ball into his mitt, but will it stay there? The ball may beat the runner, but does...
...nervous first-years, both Neugebourn and Hanson said students can feel free to call their Houses to learn more about their prospective advisors...